Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

l.. HirSh X Bro. of New York. importers
of veneers. failed for 500, 900.
The cornerstone the Remington (Nt
battle monument was laid in that city Tues
day.
NJ. Polling and son were suffocated by fire
damp in we'll they We're digging al Lo-
gan, o.
Milk sickness" has appeared among the
cattle in Union township. Hancock county,
near Findlay.
The Ute outbreak under Chief Colorow
is becoming serious, and troops have been
ordered forward.
Andrew Lemon. wife, son and daughter.
| # MIlerSburg. were poisoned by eating i'm
ported dried beef.
Ed. Conway, lately ont of the penitent-
ary. is under arrest at Dayton, O., for coun-
terfeitiGg nickels.
Mrs. Anna Snoots. charged with poison
ing her child. at GAINESVILLE. o.. has been
admitted 10 $1,000 bail.
Dr. Wier. of AuSable. accused of killing
Mabel Clark. a patient at his private hos
pital, has been acquitted by jury.
Southern merchants are buying their fall
stock of goods and there are cheering signs
Of an increased trade this season.
The Worlds W. {. L. L. has set apart
November IL and IS As days of prayer for
the success OF the temperance work.
J. r. BenSonhauer and wife We're
drowned above Scott's Greek Falls. near
Logan. o., together with two-horse team.
Governor Foraker has appointed General
John 5. Jones. of Delaware, trustee of
the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home.
Henry Dougherty, living near Charleston,
". Va. was shot by an assassin while re-
trning TO his home from a neighboI's. He
will die.
Mrs. Herbert. patient in st. JoSeph'S
hospital. Joliet. ILL.,. has been asleep for
2l9 days-the most remarkable case of the
kind on record.
j. y Page. book keeper for c. o. Beau
chenin n Co. raised a twenty-ii dollar
check to S25. 900. cashed il at the Jacques
Cartier bank and absconded.
In saloon quarrel in Harrison. o.
John Pratt WAS shot and killed by Clifford
Weeks. the barkeeper. whom he assaulted,
with threats that he would kill him.
Marshal Ellis. of Wabash. Ind, wen: TO
Marion in pursuit of rhievs, and put up at a
hotel over night. He got up in the night
and walked out Of second-story window.
falling thirty feet.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Mcintosh, of Salem,
Ind. oldest child of the late W. c. De
Pauw. has brought suit 10 set aside the
will. on the ground of undue influence at
tending the execution.
John Hertel and Daniel Wyninger. living
near fredericksburg. Ind, met in a road
and proceeded to fight out an aid feud.
The latter was killed. after which Hertel
robbed him of $4,000 and fled.
J. A. Webb. of Pittsburg. chief mover in
the new whisky pool. says that seventy
two per cent. of the distillers in the United
States have joined. and he believes all will
come in and help in cutting down produc-
ton and advancing prices.
II is reported that August A. Johnson,
who obtained divorce in Chicago from
her husband. J. G. johnson. a message or
orator on the ground of drsrrtiOn, was
paid $50. 900 by New York heiresS. who
wanted him for husband.
Richard Seaman Scott, who absconded in
1855 with Sl60. 900 that belonged to the
Manhattan bank of New York. has con-
fessed 10 Consul General Waller. in Lon
Ion, duplicating John r. Dunn. who, he
says. advised him to take 1000 900. He
only took Sl60 900. retaining $40. 900 and
giving the remainder 10 Dunn 10 invest.